Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-12

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tertainment of the Grand Army OF the
Republic at the twenty-frst annual en-
Campment to be held in this city ia Sep
TENDER next, for the purpose of refuting,
and il possible, Of setting at rest
certain m.srepresentsti ons that have
by ignorance OF otherwise oeen made to
the prejudice Of citizens of st. Louis and
this comnjttee, is prompted to make
this communication to you, and through
you to the council of administration,
with hope that from you and the coun-
eli there may issue a circular to the
Grand Army of the Republic throughout
the country that will at
once refute these unfounded
statements and set at rest reports, the
continued circulation of which can only
tend TO the injury Of the organization and
mar the success Of the coming encamp
ment The committee desires in the first
place to thank you and the council of I'D
ministration Tor the cordial cooperation
that has at all times been shown this
committee in perfeCting such ar
engagements as will make the
tWenty-frst annual encsmpment
q grand and glorious success. With your
assured continued cooperation we are
satisfied that the enCampment will be
marked with result that VIII be crafty
ing alike to the Grand Army Of the Repub
lie and the citizens of St. Louis whose gen
erous hospitality has been extended with
open and unstinted liberality to each and
every comrade of the Grand Army.
We assure you that nothing has
occurred or is likely to
occur that will dampen IN any degree the
fixed purpose and desire Of the citizens
of St. Louis to make the twenty-tirst en-
Campment the most noted and successful
meeting IN the history Of the organization
of the Grand Army of the Republic. 1t
has been reported, and that report has
been industriOusly circulated in some sec
tions of the country, that the COM
mittee, two-thirds of whom are
members of the Grand Army of the Re
public, had invited political clubs or polit-
zeal organizations to Join in the parade OF
the Grand Army of the Republic on Tues
day, the 9th of September. This state
ment has been made, whether for good or
bad purposes it is not necessary here to
discuss.
1t has also been reported, and in many
quarters believed, that the rates to be
charged by the hotels of st. Louis, to
those attending the encampment, are to
be excessive and eXtortionate. We assure
you that nothing of the kind will
be permitted by the citizens of st.
Louis or this committee, out every
thing possible that can be, will
be done TO make every visitor and dele
gate to the enCampment comfortable gen
orally. You have been furnished with
the official action taken by the committee
touching questions that have provoked in
some quarters what to the committee
seems unfair and unjust crit
icism. In the light of these proceedings
we ask if the time has not come when
some official action on the part of
the commander-in-chiet and council Of
administration should be taken in refer
ence to the reports which, if not cor
rected by official authority, will continue
to initiate against the success of the
encampment. We are ready TO receive
aud will take csreiof 100000 veteran SOL
Giers st the encampment, and we sin
cerely hope to see that number in line on
the day of the great parade. have the
honor to be general, with great respect,
your obedient servant,
D. H. GRIER, Chairman.
From the minutes Of the meeting of the
executive committee of the council Of adj
held al Madison, Wis, July
II, 1887:
Resolved, that the executive committee
of the council of administration have con-
sidered the communication of the com
mIttee Of arrangements on the part OF the
citizens of ST. Louis having in charge the
reception and entertainment of the CON-
mauder in chief. In view OF the mSny
gross misrepresentation that have gone
abroad touching the action Of that COM
mittee and its relations to the COM
mspder-in-c and council of admins
trstion, we recommend that q general
order be issued embodying such commu-
nication. We suggest in said order that
the comrades be assured that the work
of the committee and officers OF national
encampment have been in full accord.
They have been and are now working
tremendously together to make
the twenty-arst national encsmp-
ment one Of the greatest
and most enjoyable in the history of
the order. We also consider it alike due
TO the Grand Army Of the Republic and
the St. Louis committee that the COM
mander-in-ch shall announce that al
statements which may have been made by
any one concerning the matter OF con-
Quoting the reception of the encsmpment
or of the contemplated presence in or
absence from the city of st. Louis of any
particular person or persons upon that
occasion, have not been based upon any
official action on the part of the officers
of the Grand Army of the Republic, who
alone have authority to speak for the Ma
ton Encampment when it is not in SEES
SIGN.
Neither the letter nor resolution was
necessary to convince the COM
mander in chief that the
purposes Of the st. Louis COM
mlttee and the executive committee from
the first have been in line with his own,
to make the tWenty-frst national en-
campment pronounced success, but the
many who have been misled by unauthor-
lied statements will be glad to be assured
officially that nothing has occurred or is
liable to occur to mar the festivities
of that occasion, or diminish the
warmth of generous hospitslities rendered
By the citizens of st. Louis. The assur-
ances are ample thai hotel accommoda-
lions for the members Of the encamp-
ment will be furnished st the usual rates
By applying to Captain Lloyd c. Harris,